The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-24
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
A shipment of oranges came over the
road from New Smyrna to Orange City last
week.
A great many strangers are now in Gads-
den county in search of lands on which to
locate.
The water in the fiat woods around Orange
City is said to be the highest since the storm
of 1880.
Ezra J. Neher, of Keuka lake, had six
valuable carrier pigeons, which he had i'm
ported at considerable expense, but the
sportsmen thereabout have shot five, and
the remaining one is badly wounded.
Clay county truck farmers have been in
their glory for week past. Bounteous
rains have fallen, seed have been planted,
| plants have been set out, and all nature
seems to be smiling upon the efforts of the
farmers.
The schooner Issac N. Curlan, which re-
| Gently set sail from Green Cove with a
cargo of lumber from the mill of the Messrs.
Blaine Bros, is said to have carried the
largest cargo, of lumber that ever crossed
the 81. Johns bar, she went out with 324,-
600 feet.
Five prisoners escaped from the county
Jail at Gainesville Friday. They were Low
lex Lundy, charged with arson; Ed Danny,
in for fine; Handy Bennett, for hog steal
ing, and Charlie Washington, for petit lar
| ceny. Abe Sanders was the one caught in
the brush.
PdIdtkd NeiDs: One of our fellow citizens
who, week ago, was not particular how he
got to Jacksonville, so he got there, has
been heard from. He told friend at Jack
sonville: What you dink! got away from
Paiatka, and was within four miles Of In
| terlachen, when | hear a man die Of yellow
fever deere / vas so near aS dot -
The postmaster at Orange City has sue,
| ceeded in getting direct mail service be-
tween Orange City and Lake Helen, not
withstanding the postmaster at the latter
place attempted to prevent such a service
for the convenience of the public going into
effect. Heretofore it took a letter Just
| twenty-four hours to go from one office to
the other, going up and down the Jackson
vile, Tampa and Key West railway to get
into incoming pouch from the North.
Sanford Journal: Coming from Orlando
| Friday night on the fast mail the Journal
| editor fell in with DR.. Oppenheimer, of
Barlow. He informed us that he had au-
thentic information that there was case of
| yellow fever at Bartow-a refugee who had
escaped from Tampa by private conveyance
through the country, thus evading the quar-
antine. We stated that DR.. Wylly, the
President of the State Health Protective AS
ISOLATION, lived at Sanford, and that we
| supposed we could get correct information
from him. We applied to Dr. Wylly, and
with such unsatisfactory results that we are
without opinion as to the correctness of the
report.
For the past week Charles Vogt, of New
York, has been purchasing lands near Quincy
with a view of establishing tenantry sys-
tenn for the purpose of raising tobacco. One
feature is to pay 25c. per pound for all to-
bacco grown, and prepared for market, on
| these lands, whatever the market price may
be, giving to the tenant the privilege of
selling the crop, for greater price to any
purchaser, subject to the conditions of using
| the seed, planting, handling, ETC., under
direction of Mr. Vogt. In addition to these
land affairs he will establish cigar factory
| iii the DiSmukes block, which will grow
larger and larger, as may be justified by its
| financial success.
| The Messrs. Blaine Bros, who have been
making extensive preparations for some
time past to-establish their car factory in
| Green Cove, have reached a period in their
| operations which will soon develop into
active shape Their main large buildings
have been completed, the ma
chnery is being placed, and within fort
night they will begin operations. A build
ing in which to complete the cars has been
commenced; this building will be 400 feet
| in length, and the cars complete, painted.
to the tracks of the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West railroad. When the factory
gets into good running order it will turn
out, ON an average, two cars per day.
Mr.. Parsons, who lives in the neighbor-
hood of the car shops at Sanford, came very
near losing his life recently in consequence
OF his deafness He was walking on the
track with an open umbrella on his shout
der, hiding almost his entire body. train
of cars was being pushed on the same
track, in rear of the gentleman.
Mr.. McCandliss and another road en-
ploye were on the cars and after it
was seen that the person walking paid
no attention to the signals from the engine
nor the approach of the train, and would in
moment more be killed, unless he stepped
aside, it occurred to Mr.. McCandliss who
the person probably was, and he had just
time to wave the engineer to apply brakes,
stopping the train right at the gentleman,
who proved TO be Mr. Parsons. Had all.
brakes not been ON the engine, he would
certainly nave been crushed to death.